SUU-CC: About the Challenge Course

"Challenging People to Challenge Themselves."

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About the Challenge Course

The challenge course features activities occurring close to the ground (below 12ft.)

Games - Playing and laughter is good for your health. Our games get participants warmed up and relaxed to begin working together.
Trust activities encourage participants to learn to trust one another as well as themselves.
Group initiatives are activities that require the whole group to work together in order to achieve a goal.

Challenge Course Elements are activities facilitated on structural elements made of wood, cable, ropes

and trees. These include:
Nitro Crossing Spider Web Islands	TP Shuffle The Wall Wild Woozy	Mohawk Walk Acid River Whale Watch
The Challenge Course is useful for building unity and has been proven to increase retention when students share a common experience with a professor or advisor. Trained staff will guide participants through the course specifically adapted to meet the needs and goals of the group. The staff will facilitate the activities; helping the group identify the problems and solutions they encounter while relating it to day-to-day conflicts. The entire course is Challenge-by-Choice with compassionate staff that will help the group participate in only the activities they feel comfortable doing. The course is available to people with "physical limitations."

Our Heritage:
The SUU-Utah Power Challenge Course was built in May 2004 next to the president of the university's home. The plan to build the course was in the works for approximately seven years since the time students expressed interest in building a ropes course on campus.

The name Utah Power became part of the title of the course when the power company "Utah Power," donated $2500.00 worth of telephone poles to the construction of the course.

The Challenge Course is funded by the School of Continuing & Professional Studies.

The Challenge Course is designed to engage participants in problem-solving activities and opportunities of personal growth. Trained facilitators lead the participants through the activities, processing the experience afterward to initiate growth and unity of the group.

In the recent past, Challenge Courses have been used with great results by corporate organizations, college and high school sports teams, mental health agencies, local businesses, schools, clubs and church groups. Blending activities and challenges, it is a combination of different elements that include: ropes, cables, trees and wooden structures, as well as non-competitive games, and creative problems solving activities.

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Last Update: Wednesday, June 29, 2005